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Attention digital health startups: VCs say now is a ‘great’ time to raise money

Rebecca Grant — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:29 +0000

Partners at Sequoia, Norwest Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers discuss health industry trends and what they look for in potential investments.

Announcing … Fantastic lineup of Spring classes from Power Teaching students

ssanders — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:16 +0000

In March/April, I ran another small session of my Power Teaching class. Another extremely smart and enthusiastic group joined in intensive study of effective training design and development, and worked on real, live classes that they are launching this Spring and Summer. I love teaching this class f

Collaborative consumption: The new sharing economy

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:16 +0000

Sponsored Post A new economic model is emerging as the millennials are thinking smart about ways to make money on everything they own.

Why We Need to Elect @EricGarcetti on Tues as Next Mayor of Los Angeles

Mark Suster — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:32:44 +0000

On Tuesday Los Angeles will elect a new mayor. And while Eric Garcetti is leading in the polls by 7%, according to recent articles a victory is not certain. LA needs Garcetti. He would be the first tech mayor of…

How burning sticks can boil water, recharge your phone, and save the world

Dylan Tweney — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:26:58 +0000

BioLite makes a pair of stoves that burn twigs to cook your dinner -- and charge your phone at the same time. It's using sales of a backpacking stove sold in the U.S. to help fund development of a (hopefully) world-changing stove for people in the rest of the world.

3D printing poised on the edge of the mainstream (photo gallery)

Dylan Tweney — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:38:34 +0000

There are dozens of companies selling 3D printers and printer supplies now, a sign that the market for home-based object printing is about to take off. Here's a gallery of some of the contenders.

Startups and big corporations embrace the maker movement

Dylan Tweney — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:18:06 +0000

At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.

Should You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?

Mark Suster — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:56:29 +0000

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a…

I’m turning VentureBeat into a makers-centric zone for today

Dylan Tweney — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:11 +0000

Somewhere between the self-driving couches, the flaming sculptures, and the Arduino-powered blinky light projects at Maker Faire, I think we'll catch a glimpse of the future of tech.

Tumblr: 108M blogs and 51 billion posts are worth more than $1.1B

John Koetsier — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:59:04 +0000

Tumblr, which famously hates advertising and only started trying to make money after five years in existence, is in a bit of a pickle, as its $125 million in funding is running out, giving the service only a few-month window in which to raise a new round or find a sugar daddy.

Mastering trade show ROI (or, How to get sent to your favorite shows every time)

Cameron Peron — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:08:38 +0000

Guest Post Attending tradeshows is more than just cruising the aisles and looking and exhibitor booths. Understanding the inherent mechanics of trade shows, executing a well-defined game plan, and measuring the results in your professional life can make

Valet protects you from parking tickets with Google’s new location API (exclusive)

Rebecca Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:33:42 +0000

24 hours after Google released three location tools for its app developers, startups are already integrating the APIs into their products. The founders of Valet stayed up all night to get the brand new API into their parking app as quickly as possible.

Nevahold rallies angry customers on social media to make their voices heard (exclusive)

Rebecca Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:05 +0000

Nevahold is a platform where people can 'crowd source' their social media accounts put more weight behind their customer service complaints.

SAP Startup Focus. Our technology. Your imagination.

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:54:48 +0000

Sponsored Post We provide technology, support, resources and community to Big Data, Predictive or Real-time Analytics startups to jumpstart development and accelerate market traction.

Where robots fail: Why education can’t just be digital

Aaron Harris — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:25 +0000

Guest Post We're just at the beginning of an ed-tech revolution. I believe that MOOCs are the first step, and are still struggling experiments.

Abbey Post challenges fashion’s ‘thin’ obsession using social e-commerce (exclusive)

Rebecca Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:33 +0000

Abbey Post is a fashion marketplace that brings social e-commerce to the plus-size community. The company just released a totally rebuilt version of the site, which now features an internal social network and expanded inventory

Smell-o-vision at last! Domino’s releasing DVDs that smell like pizza

John Koetsier — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:45 +0000

Pizza and a movie go together like love and marriage, a horse and carriage, right? So Domino's Brazil has hit on a genius marketing campaign: DVDs that smell like pizza.

Funding Daily: Into the darkness

Rebecca Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:00 +0000

What do Star Trek and startups have in common? Enterprise and Data play a role in both and nerds everywhere get excited about any news surrounding these topics. Here is today's round up of funding news. Nerds.

Y Combinator adds five new partners to guide its startups towards success

Rebecca Grant — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:04 +0000

Y Combinator welcomed five new partners to its elite cabal today and said goodbye to one.

SAP boosts startup fund by 2.6X to stimulate big data innovation

Rebecca Grant — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:57:58 +0000

is more than doubling its commitment to the SAP HANA Real Time Fund, going from $155 million to $405 million, to support innovation surrounding real-time applications and big data.